BS ISO 19444-1:2019

What is ISO 19444-1- XML Forms Data Format about?  

ISO 19444 discusses document management. ISO 19444-1 is the first part of ISO 19444 and discusses XML Forms Data Format.    

ISO 19444-1 specifies an XML format for representing forms data and annotations in the Portable Document Format, ISO 320002 (PDF 2.0). 

ISO 19444-1 specifies XFDF (XML Forms Data Format) is a format for representing forms data and annotations in a PDF document 

Who is ISO 19444-1- XML Forms Data Format for? 

ISO 19444-1 on XML Forms Data Format is useful for: 

• XFDF developers 
• Software developers  
• Software engineers 
• Information technology engineers  

Why should you use ISO 19444-1- XML Forms Data Format?  

XFDF is an XML-based format and stands for XML Forms Data Format. Like other PDF components, XFDF serves many possible uses. It's mostly used to exchange PDF annotations and form data between computers independently of the underlying. 

ISO 19444-1 describes the XML Forms Data Format, which is used to represent form data from PDF in an XML tagset. This format is derived from the forms data format in PDF and is intended to be a more interchangeable format for forms data. ISO 19444-1 provides you with an overview of XFDF and references to XFDF. ISO 19444-1 also provides you reference for 3D and RichMedia annotations. ISO 19444-1 helps you understand XML format for PDFs. 

What’s changed since the last update?  

BS ISO 19444-1:2019 supersedes BS ISO 194441:2016. BS ISO 19444-1:2019 includes some technical changes with respect to BS ISO 194441:2016. These include: 

• Addition of 3D comment related elements and attributes 
• Stream encoding information for XFDF